They are actually running fairly basic apps .... mainly rdesktop. We are running JDS / Sol 10 and have had a few issues with screensavers / update managers etc - APOC has fixed most of this - the performance issue seems to be much more related to the total number of sessions rather than the number of active sessions.
> my opinion on a tricky topic.. > > i think it depends a bit on what the users are doing, i.e. 60 users > running large screen flash apps (say in a student lab) would make a > 210 herniate :) and a 100 on a v440 could come close too - depending > on what they're doing, tho for basic user tasks should be ok. > > if ur using gnome make sure thats tuned too.... > > >Dave, > > > >interested in your comments re the 440. We currently have a 210 running > >20-30 > >SunRay's however we can potentially have up to 150 idle sessions. I have > >noticed that when we get to about 60 there is quite a slow down. I assume > >that we are simply asking too much from the server? We are considering > >running a cron script to log out sessions that have been idle for an extended > >period. Thoughts? We are also looking at an application for a 440 with 100 > >SunRays with a user to DTU ratio of about 3:1 That is up to about 200 idle > >sessions and 100 active sessions at any one time - is this asking too much > >of > >a 440? > > > >Marcus > > > > > > > >On Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:48:46 -0700, David Partrington wrote > > > > > >>Hi Gerard, > >>Your 440 will handle at least 100 users. I don't believe any dual processor > >>X86 box can handle near the load of a 440. I have 1500 Sun Rays > >>across 4 networks. I have ran 100 users on E420R with fair results, > >> The 440 has at least 8 times the horsepower. I also have a 480 > >>supporting 125 with a cross campus configuration. If you have > >>specific questions E-mail me. > >> > >>Dave _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
